Engaging Critically Ill Patients in Symptom Management: Thinking Outside the Box!

Engaging Critically Ill Patients in Symptom Management: Thinking Outside the Box! is organized by American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN).

Expires: Jul 01, 2020

Credits:
Contact Hours: 1.00
CERP A: 1.00

Topics: Behavioral/Psychosocial, Pulmonary

Activity Summary:
Caring for critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU) is an immense challenge for clinicians. Interventions to maintain physiological stability and life itself can cause a number of adverse effects that have a marked impact on patients beyond the period of critical illness or injury.

Objectives:
• Identify ICU factors that increase anxiety in mechanically ventilated patients.
• Explain the conceptual basis of music listening for relaxation.
• Understand the importance of music preferences for successful music listening interventions.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.